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113 popular austrian books
Travel the world without leaving your chair. The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world. All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Europe Challenge" were written by authors from Austria. Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.

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Relato soñado by Arthur Schnitzler ES

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Austria flag Austria
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«—No te me escaparás. Tienes que llevarme. —Pero amigo… —Déjame a mí el resto. Ya sé que es “peligroso”… quizá sea eso lo que me atrae.» Quien habla así es Fridolin, un joven médico vienés, acomodado, felizmente casado y padre de una niña, que durante unos carnavales se siente misteriosamente arrastrado hacia lo desconocido, un mundo a medio camino entre el sueño y la vigilia, en el que, atrapado por el deseo, vivirá experiencias de extraña y fascin... continue

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Saeculum by Ursula Poznanski DE

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / Austria flag Austria
Description:
Fünf Tage im tiefsten Wald, die nächste Ortschaft kilometerweit entfernt, leben wie im Mittelalter - ohne Strom, ohne Handy -, normalerweise wäre das nichts für Bastian. Dass er dennoch mitmacht bei dieser Reise in die Vergangenheit, liegt einzig und allein an Sandra. Als kurz vor der Abfahrt das Geheimnis um den Spielort gelüftet wird, fällt ein erster Schatten auf das Unternehmen: Das abgelegene Waldstück, in dem das Abenteuer stattfindet, soll verflucht sein.Was zunächst niemand ernst nimmt, scheint sich jedoch zu bewahrheiten, denn aus dem harmlosen Live-Rollenspiel wird plötzlich ein tödl... continue

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Schachnovelle by Stefan Zweig DE

Rating: 4 (5 votes)
Country: Europe / Austria flag Austria
Description:
Als der Rechtsanwalt Dr. B. eine Reise auf einem Passagierdampfer antritt, ahnt er nicht, dass sich der bekannte Schachweltmeister Mirko Czentovic ebenfalls an Bord befindet. Fasziniert von diesem Genie bittet Dr. B.um ein Duell. Dabei werden traumatische Erinnerungen in ihm wachgerufen, denn das »Spiel der Könige« erlernte er einst als Gefangener der Gestapo. Im Duell gegen Czentovic prallen nun nicht nur zwei unterschiedliche Spielideen aufeinander, sondern auch zwei Lebenswelten. Die »Schachnovelle« ist Stefan Zweigs letztes und wohl bekanntestes Werk, das nu... continue
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Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Austria flag Austria
Description:
An account of an Austrian mountain climber's escape from a British internment camp in India during World War II and his twenty-one-month journey through the Himalayas to safety in the Forbidden City of Lhasa in Tibet.

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Still Alive : A Holocaust Girlhood Remembered by Ruth Klüger EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Austria flag Austria
Description:
Now in paperback, the acclaimed Holocaust memoir declared "a book of breathtaking honesty and extraordinary insight.""--"LA Times"

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The Beasts of Clawstone Castle

The Beasts of Clawstone Castle by Eva Ibbotson EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Austria flag Austria
Description:
While spending the summer with elderly relatives at Clawstone Castle in northern England, Madlyn and her brother Rollo, with the help of several ghosts, attempt to save the rare cattle that live on the castle grounds.

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The Café with No Name by Robert Seethaler EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Austria flag Austria
Description:
THE NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'How I loved this book . . . Seethaler is in his very own league' Elizabeth Strout It is 1966, and Robert Simon has just fulfilled his dream by taking over a café on the corner of a bustling Vienna market. He recruits a barmaid, Mila, and soon the customers flock in. Factory workers, market traders, elderly ladies, a wrestler, a painter, an unemployed seamstress in search of a job, each bring their stories and their plans for the future. As Robert listens and Mila refills their glasses, romances bloom, friendships are made and fortunes change. And change... continue

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The Case of the Lamp That Went Out by Auguste Groner EN

Rating: 2 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Austria flag Austria
Description:
Reprint of the detective novel starring Joseph Müller, Secret Service detective of the Imperial Austrian police.

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The Chalice and the Blade : Our History, Our Future by Riane Eisler EN

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Country: Europe / Austria flag Austria
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The phenomenal bestseller, with more than 500,000 copies sold worldwide, now with a new epilogue from the author--The Chalice and the Blade has inspired a generation of women and men to envision a truly egalitarian society by exploring the legacy of the peaceful, goddess-worshipping cultures from our prehistoric past.

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The Collected Stories of Stefan Zweig by Stefan Zweig EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / Austria flag Austria
Description:
The collected stories of Stefan Zweig, one of the most popular writers of short fiction of the twentieth century.


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